/**
 * Copyright (C) 2003 <a href="http://www.lohndirekt.de/">lohndirekt.de</a>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *  
 */
package de.lohndirekt.print;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpException;

/**
 *  
 * @author sefftinge
 * 
 */
interface IppConnection {
    /**
     * @return content of the response
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public abstract InputStream getIppResponse() throws IOException;

    /**
     * @return the statuscode of last request
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public abstract int getStatusCode() throws IOException;

    /**
     * @param stream
     */
    public abstract void setIppRequest(InputStream stream);

    public abstract boolean execute() throws HttpException, IOException;
}